All Opportunities

Welcome to the Winona State University Foundation Scholarship website! The scholarships listed below are offered through the Winona State University Foundation. Click “Show Filters” to display filter options such as college or major. Use the “Search” box to find scholarships by keyword or name. Click the scholarship name to learn more about the opportunity.
Once you have completed the required questions on the General Application, proceed with the optional questions. Many of these questions are used to determine your eligibility for additional WSU Foundation Scholarships.

Scholarship Application Dates
The majority of scholarship application dates are as follows for the 2026-2027 academic year, unless otherwise noted:

Incoming Freshmen Only:
Application Start Date: 11/1/2025
Application Deadline: 12/1/2025

ALL students (including incoming Freshmen) who will be enrolled for 2026/27
Application Start Date: 1/1/2026
Application Deadline: 2/15/2025

NOTE: Incoming freshmen who completed an application during the first application period do not need to submit another application for the second application period.

If you are offered a scholarship, you will be notified via email.

Email wsuscholarships@winona.edu with any questions.

Opportunities Table
Award Name Actions
$400.00 Berger & Margaret (Buehler) Ostmoe Scholarship
Berger and Margaret (Buehler) Ostmoe Scholarship is created to encourage...
$4,000.00 Bernard & Beverly Murtaugh Teacher Education Scholarship
In December 2016, Bernard and Beverly Murtaugh conceived the idea of...
$300.00 Bertha Skifton Tenhoff Elementary Education Memorial Scholarship
The Bertha Skifton Tenhoff Elementary Education Scholarship is for...
$600.00 Beth & Conway Elton Scholarship
The Beth and Conway Elton Education Scholarship is created to give...
$1,500.00 Borhart Scholarship
In March, 2022, the Borhart Scholarship was established with the the...
$2,600.00 Braden Holst Memorial Scholarship
The Braden Holst Scholarship is for students who have membership in Phi...
$1,000.00 Brett Ekker Memorial Scholarship by Mary Ann Preston and Family
In September 2014, Mary Ann Preston established a scholarship with the...
$1,600.00 Bryan & Evan Sage Scholarship
The Bryan and Evan Sage Scholarship is created for students who have...
$500.00 Bud Dahlen Memorial Scholarship
The Bud Dahlen Memorial Scholarship is for an undergraduate student with...
Varies Buhler Memorial Scholarship
The Buhler Memorial Scholarship is created for full-time junior or...
$400.00 Burl & Nadine Leo Business Scholarship
The Burl and Nadine Leo Scholarship was created to encourage and support...
$500.00 C.B. William Ng Chemistry Scholarship
The C.B. William Ng Chemistry Scholarship will benefit WSU students...
$1,600.00 Cal & Arlayne Fremling Nursing Scholarship
The Cal and Arlayne Fremling Nursing Scholarship is created to encourage...
Varies Cal Fremling Biology Scholarship
The Cal Fremling Biology Scholarship is created to encourage and support...
$500.00 Carol Brosseth Sheffer Leadership Scholarship
The Carol Brosseth Sheffer Leadership Scholarship is created for...
$1,000.00 Carole Gilmore Winslow Scholarship
In March 2021, the Carole Gilmore Winslow Scholarship was established...
$1,400.00 Cass & Mary Gordon College of Business Scholarship
The Cass and Mary Gordon College of Business Scholarship will benefit...
$700.00 Cecil W. Gronvall Memorial Scholarship
The Cecil W. Gronvall Memorial Scholarship is created for students...
$1,000.00 Centennial, Elfie Christensen & Beulah Norton Scholarship
The Centennial, Elfie Christensen and Beulah Norton Scholarship is for...
$2,000.00 Charles F. & Mary Jane Neal Scholarship
The Charles F. and Mary Jane Neal Scholarship is created for students...
$500.00 Chemistry Alumni Scholarship
The Chemistry Alumni Scholarship is for incoming freshmen students. ...
Varies Cichanowski-Logelin Scholarship
The Cichanowski-Logelin Scholarship is created for full-time junior or...
$1,900.00 Class of 1943 in Memory of President Mehus Scholarship
The Class of 1943 in Memory of President Mehus Scholarship is for...
$1,000.00 Class of 1953 Scholarship
The Class of 1953 Scholarship is created to encourage and support...
$1,900.00 Class of 1960 Scholarship
The Class of 1960 Scholarship is created to encourage and support...
$4,000.00 Class of 1961 Scholarship
The Class of 1961 Scholarship is created to encourage and support...
$700.00 Class of 1962 Scholarship
The Class of 1962 Scholarship is created to encourage and support...
$1,000.00 Classes of 1952 and 1954 Scholarship
Members of the classes of 1952 and 1954 created this scholarship to...
$500-$1000 Clover Addiction Counseling Scholarship
In January of 2021, the Clover Addiction Counseling Scholarship was...
$1,000.00 College of Business Dean’s Scholarship
In September 2023, the College of Business Dean’s Scholarship was...
$1,000.00 Communication Studies Faculty Scholarship
On March 2022 the Communication Studies Faculty Scholarship was...
$1,500.00 COMTEC Engineering Scholarship
The COMTEC Engineering Scholarship is created to provide assistance to...
$3,500.00 Connell-Christensen Sociology & Psychology
The Connell-Christensen Sociology and Psychology Scholarship was...
$1,000.00 Connie Greylak Memorial Nursing Scholarship
The Connie Greylak Memorial Nursing Scholarship was created to support...
$1,100.00 Cornwell Family Scholarship
The Cornwell Family Scholarship is for full-time students who have...
$1,000.00 Courtney Colton Family Mass Communication Scholarship
The purpose of The Courtney Colton Family Mass Communication Scholarship...
$1,000.00 Curtiss Johnson & Carol Hint/Johnson Nursing Scholarship
In May, 2021, the Curtiss Johnson & Carol Hint/Johnson Nursing...
$2,000.00 Cynthia L. Gary Scholarship
The Cynthia L. Gary Scholarship is created for female African American...
$2,500.00 Dana Bluhm Reupert Scholarship
The Dana Bluhm Reupert Scholarship is created to encourage and reward...
$1,000.00 Daniel & Christine Rand Scholarship
The Daniel and Christine Rand Scholarship was established with the...
$800.00 Daniel Nordquist Scholarship
The Daniel Nordquist Scholarship is created for students majoring in...
$1,500.00 Daniel R. Mortensen Family Scholarship in the College of Business
The purpose of the Daniel R. Mortensen Family Scholarship in the College...
$2,000.00 Darlene Radsek Scholarship
The Darlene Radsek Scholarship is created for students majoring in WSU’s...
$2,500.00 David J. & Susan M. Rislove Scholarship
The David and Susan Rislove Scholarship is created to encourage and...
$1,400.00 David Ross Patrick & Barbara Gaddis Patrick Scholarship
This scholarship will benefit WSU students majoring in...
$2,500.00 Dean Emanuel Memorial Scholarship in History and Legal Studies
In June 2015, Doug Emanuel established the Dean Emanuel Memorial...
$1,250.00 Dennis & Linda Neville Community Service Scholarship
The Dennis and Linda Neville Community Service Scholarship is created...
$800.00 Department of Mathematics & Statistics Alumni Scholarship
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics Alumni Scholarship is...
$1,000.00 Derek Bute Memorial Scholarship
The Derek Bute Memorial Scholarship was created in 2016 to support...
$2,700.00 Dick Traxler Memorial Education Scholarship
The Dick Traxler Memorial Education Scholarship was established in the...